Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-12
TALK WITH TRAVELLER.

A L WITH a IRAsElER.
A Seeker. After investment Gpportu
mites Dfvulses Some Good Informa
l tion-Capitai Looking this Way
| While nosing about For items of intel
: eat, the Press and Dakotaian reporte
: struck, Yesterday, q highly interestini
bit of information and CLEANED it fron
> O gentleman from Pennsylvania, VIII
has been doing south Dakota, in tn
interest of q number of heavy capitalist
of his state. When the reporter surround
ed him he had just risen from an evident
Iiy we'll enjoyed supper at the Morrison
He seemed to feel good all over anG
after lighting q cigar and passing one t,
the reporter seemed not averee to
talk.
ut beats the very ID" said he, show
you western fellows End out a man,
business. You are born mind readers
"Are you pleased with Dakota"
Admirably. One of the finest coun-
tries on earth. But you of southeastern
Dakota have got the cream OF it. L should
say after looking at it through snow
banks"
SLOW long have you been in Dakota ?"
"About sixty days. l have taken in
all Of the towns of much note IN the
south half and looked the surrounding
country over as well as possible at this
season of the year"
"Has any particular section Of this
counsry over which you have travelled
impressed you more favorably than
otherss"
"rhe counties of Bon Homme. Hut
Crimson, Yankton, Turner, Clay, Lincoln
and Minnehaha ONION l haven't visit
| ed) have impressed me more favorably
than any of the other counties. | see
here better farms-I mean more highly
improved farms-better buildings and
more groves of timber, and "a general APP
pearanoe of prosperity among farmers
somewhat in advance Of other sections"
81 am told you are here in the inter-
est of capitalists of your state. ATeyou
willing to state anything in relation to
this"
"Well--not much-I will state, how
ever, that / represent certain gentlemen
of Pennsylvania who have large means
who are looking for investments in Da-
kots aud 1t is TOR the purpose of furnish
ing them advice that 1 am here"
"Has this any reference to railroads 2"
"Y-e-s,-some."
Are you willing to state anything in
this connection"
IL notice your paper says two or three
thousand miles of road will be built in
Dakota this coming season. Probably
this is not far out of the way"
"Is Yankton on the line of any of
these extensions? and will she likely
have to move out of the way?"
"No donbs she'll have to more. Yon
are right in the way of the Duluth road.
Omaha will not slumber much longer.
The Jim river valley is the richest part
of Dakota and she is going to reach out
for her share of the business that valley
is capable OF furnishing. This insures
a bridge at Yankton, possibly two. 1
shouldn't be surprised to see three with
in five miles of where we are now sitting
within the next ten years. The fact 10
Yankton is the gateway between the
soush and north and they can't well get
around you. You are in the position to
become by far, the largest city on the
Missouri river, above st. Louis, 1 shall
advise my friends accordingly. In foot
they know my opinion before now, hay
ing written them some days SINCE"
"How long will you remain IN town? ?"
II leave in the morning for Denver,
shall look the country over between
Yankton and Denver as well as. / am
able to do on my way"
"Are the 'cap1talists' of which you
speak railroad men?"
Somewhat. Good night"
"Good night"